Last on the list, Eric Wedge. The criteria, for those of you who can't or don't want to look was Expected Wins according to Pythagorean W-L (calculated by run differential), Wins Above Expectancy (so # of wins above Pyth W-L), Expected Wins according to team WAR, Wins Above Expectancy based on WAR, and then the Total sum of Wins Above Expectancy.

In his 1296 games, Wedge's Wins Above Expectancy is -79.5, over 10 more than the next lowest, Gene Mauch. FWIW, Hargrove is ninth-worst at -44.2.

Thoughts?

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

I'm still pretty certain a team managed by Eric Wedge in the city of Cleveland got to one win away from playing in a World Series. He seemed pretty much like most managers. When he had good players having good seasons he won games and when he didn't he lost games. I think he was more like "just a manager"...very far from both best AND worst.

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